The eldest brother of a 57 year old farmer who fell 14ft to his death at his family farm in Moneymore almost four years ago has described the moment he found his fatally injured brother. Stewart Mc...
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has this month reminded farmers in Northern Ireland to remain vigilant for the signs of Bluetongue disease. They...
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) have launched a new safety information campaign "Think before you dig", to raise awareness of safe working practices around the electricity network for anyone in...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI), in conjunction with Build Health, are running two half day seminars at Ballymena's NE Institute on Tuesday 11 December and Omagh's FE...
It was announced on Monday 22 October 2007, that Northern Ireland householders are going to have to pay water charges, but they have been postponed for another year. The charges will be phased in...
The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DoE) has been urged this month to take a tougher approach towards hardcore offenders. Illegal dumpers and problems w...
Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy officially opened a new state-of-the-art upgraded wastewater treatment works in Dundrum this month. The new Northern Ireland Water (NIW) facility, which i...
With the approval of the UK's Climate Change Bill fast approaching, it has raised the question as to whether Northern Ireland needs its own specific climate change legislation. The introduction of...
County Tyrone chicken product processors Moy Park Ltd were fined £6,000 on 24 October 2007 at Craigavon Magistrates' Court, for two water pollution offences.
These offences first came to li...
The transport industry continues to have one of the worst records for major injuries as a result of falls from vehicles during the loading and unloading of goods. Figures released by the
As readers of our Monthly Bulletins, you will no doubt have noticed over the course of the year that cases of accidents at work involving forklift trucks have been on the increase. In 2007 alone,...
An in-depth investigation is currently underway into the death of a worker at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pembrokeshire. Seven men were rescued in the incident at South Hook LNG in Mi...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned construction companies of the dangers of using improvised procedures when dismantling heavy machinery. The warning follows t...
A ban on the storing of fireworks at a Sussex depot which had been in place following an explosion which killed two fire service workers in December 2006, has this month been lifted. This is despit...
It has been reported this month that poor safety practices from a cook caused a series of explosions while he was refuelling a petrol generator in his kebab van. Diners in the early hours fled for...
